Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1902 — Page 4

JM Min DEMOCRIL I. I. BJBCOGX, EDITOR IID PUBLISHERlom Di.wh.ck Tikrho*«» I Orrios, w•• -- ( RIHOIHCt. 311. Official Democratic Paper of Jasper County. SI.OO PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE. Advertising rates made known on application ■stored at t*ie Post-office at Rensselaer, Ind. ' m second class matter. Office on Van Rensselaer Street, North of Murray’s Store.

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DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

Confidence in their ability to do what they please with the Philippines has betrayed the imperialists in congress into throwing aside all pretense of condemnation of cruelties and exulting openly over the atrocities at which they' professed to be shocked a few weeks ago. From denial of the facts they were first forced into excuse and explanation by the evidence wrung from Secretary Root’s reluctant hand. Now they applaud and glorify the worst instruments of the war department’s criminal policy. Representative Landis of Indiana, in the closing hours of the Philippine debate. Hung into the faces of those who hold that providence has not imposed upon the United States the duty of spreading civilization with fire and sword the exultant boast that swords of honor will be given to Waller, the murderer of prisoners, and to “Hell-roaring Jake” Smith, the Herod of Samar. Better this frank brutality, this laudation of the utter hellishness of war, this exultation of the devil’s own servants the worship of benevolent assimilators, than the loathsome cant which prates of the subjugation of the Filipinos and the piratical exploitation of their country as “duties and responsibilities which in the providence of God have been cast upon us.” Mr. Landis makes plain to all ..what imperialism really means, and thus renders a service to the cause of humanity. Knowing the Philippine invasion for what it is, the American people can have no excuse for failure to deal with it according to American principles and traditions.—Philadelphia North American (ind. rep.)

Pat O’Donnell, the silvertongued Irish republican orator, who has delighted many republican audiences in Rensselaer and this section of the state in painting beautiful word-pictures of the blessings of “protection” and the gold standard, after a trial lasting 26 days has been found guilty of jury bribing at Chicago and fined $2,000. His brother John, and law partner Brady and compatriots, Simon, Lawrence, Rothery and Gallagher, were each found ?;uilty and given fines ranging rom S2OO to $2,000, while the latter, who was an ex-convict, was given an indeterminate sentence of from 2 to 15 years in the penitentiary. Pat O’Donnell was born and raised in Carroll county, this state. He went to Chicago several years ago where he got into the republican ring, was appointed to the fat office of public administrator and was also attorney for the Union Traction Co. Pat’s rise was rapid, and a seat on the republican side in the U. S. senate was looming up in the distance. But finally the iron hand of the law got after the “brilliant young lawyer” and his gang of rascally partners, and after one of the most noted trials in the history of Chicago every one was covicted, there being not the slightest question of their guilt. The conviction means disbarment for all the attorneys from practicing law. and the great expense of the trial will probably ruin most of them financially. The jury was unanimous from the first for conviction, and the Chicago papers are practically a unit in saying that they were the greatest gang of rascals ever unearthed in the Windy City. The gang’s method of working was to select men to sit on juries in cases in which the law firm was interested, pay them $5 or *lO down, and mark them by placing a pin crosswise in the lapel of their coat. Then, the constable, who was in on the deal, would come along and summon the men wearing the identification pins on the jury. It was a very smooth scheme and it is not surprising that Pat gained a great reputation as a “successful” lawyer. Whenever an Irishman goes to voting the republican ticket he is treading on dangerous ground, and Pat O’Donnell’s downfall should serve as h warning to all sons of Erin, who are,tempted to commit this offense.

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AT OLD FRENCH LICK

Democratic Editors Find Ar Ideal Place For Their Annual Sum* mer Meeting. DAYS OF RARE ENTERTAINMENT In Addition to Care for the Bodily Comforts of the Party, Plenty of Pabulum for the Political and Social Well-Being of the Guests Was Provided. At the annual summer meeting of the Indiana Democratic Editorial association held at French Lick Springs June 26 and 27. Resolutions were read and adopted which adhere to the principles enun elated by the founders of free govern ment in America and insist that all just governments derive their power from the consent of the governed; that equal rights and equal opportuni ties should be granted all men and that none should be permitted to enjoy special privileges at the expense of the many. The resolutions adopted demand that laws which promote the combination of capital and make possible the destruction of legitimate competition in trade should be repealed. The Indiana Democratic platform was heartily Indorsed and the ticket was commended. Thomas Taggart was urged for national Demo cratlc chairman, and thanks were extended to Major Simpson, the management of the French Lick hotel and G-eneral Passenger Agent Reed of the Monon. Thomas Taggart was introduced and heartily welcomed the as sociation to the hotel. He said it did not require any work to edit a Democratic newspaper, as all the editor had to do was to tell the truth. President J. 0. Behymer of the Tipton Thimes. who presided, made fitting response to the welcoming address. The annual dinner of the association was held in the beautiful banquet hall of the hotel.

“THE WORK BEFORE US." Subject of a Paper by State Chairman O’Brien of the Central Committee. Mr. W. H. O’Brien, chairman of the Democratic state central committee, read a paper on "The Work Before Us,” which was well received. In part he said: It is wonderful what an advancement has been made tn the character and ability of the Democratic press in Indiana during the paat 25 years. Many here today can readily call to mind when there was scarcely a newspaper In this state, outside of the cities, that was known or recognized beyond the borders of the coun--ty where it was published, while at present we have a score of editors in every part of the state with ability and influence equal to any of those of the metropolitan press. They wield a ready and trenchant pen, and with mental power equal to the ablest in any of the other professions they are building character, molding sentiment and giving shape to opinions that will give caste and character to our country in the future unparalleled in the history of the world. With such an element organized into a political force, it is easy to see that its power would only be limited by its opportunities. Gentlemen of the Press, you represent that political force, and as the party whose champions you are is a party of the people, it is your duty to see that the principles of that party are maintained against the unrighteous acts of the party of monopolies, greedy trusts, bank asset currency, and the rule and ruin policy that has always discriminated in favor of syndicate wealth as against the people. With the exception of the twelve years that the government in its infancy was under the rule of the federal party, the Democratic party controlled the legislation of the country for sixty years, and whatever is great, whatever is superior In us as a nation tn comparison with other nations of the world, is due to the principles enunciated by the Democratic party during that period, for it was the formation as well as the period of development that gave us the peculiar heritage of the nation of personalities. where the humblest may become the greatest, and the right of the lowliest is equal to the privileges of the highest It Is the duty of the Democratic press to sustain these principles and hold up before the people the corruptions of the Republican party, the profligacy of its Imperial policy, rotten in Its own corruption, the ship subsidy steal, the Wood scandal, the branch bank scheme, not forgetting the Democratic party "woufd rescue the government from the hands of those who are converting it into i government of the trusts, for the trusts and by the trusts, and restore It to the hands of those who will have some regard for the rights of the people.” Keep before the people that it is the Republican party whose leaders In congress do everything for the syndicates and nothing for the people. The object we contend for in this campaign Is the success of a party of principle; a success that will bring the administration of the government under the control of a party more

tn harmony with the spirit of the constttwtion, and with the wants and necessities of the people generally—that will avert the calamities that must in time come upon ub through the success of the Republican party in the establishment ,of the Hamiltonian theory of government, and the ©bliteratiot of every liberal idea that goes to maintain pure Democracy. To defeat these ends the Democratic party must succeed, and aside from the determination to displace the Republican party from power the Democracy presents to the people of Indiana living issues and demands their consideration. The Democracy of Indiana takes no uncertain position upon all the questions now before the people, but with one masterful stroke have set the pace for the country and promulgated a platform upon which all friends of good government and all Democrats can stand without being hitched. Our platform is a declaration of principles that is Democratic and American, and is applicable to the conditions which now confront the state and nation. The two distinctive victories won by the national Democracy in forty years have been in response to the battle-cry of taxation for public purposes. The key-note of this campaign was struck in declaring that the tariff is the breeder of trusts, and the only way to fight monopoly is by striking at the mother of the ill-gotten offspring and thus forever stop the progeny. Our platform boldly declares for tariff for revenue only and the lessen Ing of the burdens of taxation, so that the Income from the sources of revenue shall not be in excess of the actual needs of the government honestly and economically administered. Making these declarations, let us go before the people and maintain them with courage and vigor. We are right on these questions, and we should not attempt to shift our sails to catch every adverse or favorable breeze, but turn the prow of the old ship of state toward the port we desire to make, and justice and progress will help the many willing hands to guide us safely Into the harbor sought.

THE PLATFORM

8. E. Moras Presents Some Pertinent Thoughts on the Subject. The address of S. E. Morss. editor of the Indianapolis Sentinel, dealing with. the state platform, was one of the features of the occasion. The paper was read by Mr. A. D. Moffett of the Elwood Record, in the absence of Mr. Mores. Among other things it contained: “My idea of the Democratic platforms is that, like whisky, they are all good, but some are better than others. And the Democratic platform of this year is one of that kind—it is better than some others that have been made in this and other states. It is better because it is confined chiefly to fundamental principles. And it deals with them in no uncertain way. There is no trimming anywhere, no dodging, no equivocation. When the Democratic convention adopted that platform ft said what it meant, and meant what ft said. There is not a word in it to which any man with a drop of Democratic blood In his veins may justly take exception, and no one has, to my knowledge. It is a clear-cut, strong, vigorous, manly statement of De-.no cratic principles: a truthful and es fectlve arraignment of Republican policies. There are things I should like to have had tn the platform which are not there, and doubtless some other Democrats feel the same way. But there is not a word In it which I do not Indorse from the bottom of my heart, end very little which, in my opinion, could be omitted without seriously impairing it. “The platform is Democratic to the core at every point. The oftener you read it the better you’ll like it. You can’t dissent from Its view of the Philippine question without going back on the Declaration of Independence. Roosevelt may do that, and Fairbanks and Beveridge and th? whole Republican party, but no true Democrat can or will do so. The platform reiterates the good old Democratic doctrine of a tariff for revenue only, upon which the party has repeatedly marched to victory. Equal taxation for public purposes only is. and always has been, one of the cardinal articles of the Democratic creed. It is always in order to reaffirm it. “The platform denounces the Ding ley law as the breeder of trusts and monopolies: it denounces the Republican party as their ally, and It demands the enactment and enforcement of effectitve laws for their suppression. It condemns the infamous ship subsidy steal, for which both the Republican senators from this state voted, and for which all the Republican candidates for congress will also vote if they ever have the opportunity. It declares for the construction of sn isthmian canal and the election of United States senators by the peo pie. both of them accepted Democratic measures. On state issues it Is frank and outspoken and Demo rratic. standing squarely on the magnificent record of the Democratic party tn the administration of the state government and arraigning the Republican party for Its notorious maladministration. “Here is a platform upon which all Democrats, however much they may have disagreed upon Issues which no longer exist, may stand with a clear conscience and without any mental reiervaotion whatsoever. It is bold. It la frank. It is patriotic, it Is statesmanlike. It Is ssaentially Democratic

In its letter and in its spirit U Is free from the quibblfnga, the subterfuges and the cowardice of the Republican platform. It Is, I believe, a winning platform. I am sure a majority of the people are in sympathy with it, and certainly no citizen of Indiana can oppose It, or the excellent ticket which the convention made, without forfeiting all rights to be considered a Democrat.”

ONE AND INSEPARABLE

These Are the Flag and the Constitution, Says Editor George Farrar. The paper read by George Farrar, editor of the Greenfield Tribune, was the subject of close attention. In part Mr. Farrar said: About 120 years ago in an old Quaker home there were seated in quaint chairs, about a quaint table, several quaint but busy women. They were Intent on their work. At the Instigation of injured rights they were doing the biddings of destiny. They were plying the needle and thread. They were sewing the stars in a sky of blue and tacking the stripes in a field of white. They were making America’s flag. In a convention hall, in a now great city, in the year 1789, the representatives of a sovereign people, fresh from the battle’s field, bearing the wounds and the scars, convening by lief of redressed wrongs, voted the adoption of America’s constitution. The flag and the constitution! They are the outgrowth of centuries, the master-productions of world-wide statesmen-craft. Interwoven m their purposes, interlaced in their promises they are counterpart—each to the other, and like loyal hearts united in the bonds of holy matrimony, they are one, inseparable, now, forever! Arm in arm they have marched against the obstacles that beset the new republic. Arm in arm they have achieved the victories of the Nineteenth century. Arm in arm they must conquer the future. For four years the destiny of free government has hung in a balance. The party in power lays violent hands on the silver cord of universal freedom and threatens the flag to an ignominious fate. This must not be. The flag is a promise; the constitution is its fulfillment. The flag is a pledge; the constitution Is its guarantee. Separate them and the promise is an illusion, the pledge is a sham, the guarantee is a cheat. Separate them and you stifle progress, turn your back upon the future and serve notice to mankind that selfgovernment Is a failure. Separate them, and the proud stars that bedeek the sky of blue will cease to illuminate the thirteen stripes, and the “Old Eagle,” which has soared —so high and so far —will return to a broken household, ashamed and abashed: Separate them! Not while my party lives! Our flag was wafted to Cuban soil In response to the Macedonian cry. That occasion was the event of the grandest specta' ’ that the world has ever known. Seventy-five million of freemen deliberately forming themselves into a mighty army for the uplift of a common humanity! A glorious example! The tyrant-ridden, blood-stained thrones of Europe looked on In amazement. Could It be possible that the American people so. loved their institutions that they were willing to die that others might enjoy like advantages? Yes, sir, such was the case. But the party In power proved recreant to the trust. You know the history. Instead of uphold ing the American principles they brought the flag to shame. Instead of carrying out the nation’s purpose, they sold the flag for gold. And today ft floats with drooping folds alongside the Union Jack, the Russian bear, and the bloody ensign of Spain. Shame to the party that has so debauched the flag! Urged on by greed an hundred thousand lives have been sacrificed in the Orient! But still the death goes on! In the name of philanthropy the blood of our sons has become as free as water! But still the death goes on! In the name of commerce our treasure Is flowing at the rate of ten thousand an hour. But still the death goes on. The war Is over, the imperialists say. But still the death goes on! The flag is yonder—the constitution-is here. Anil still the death goes on! Republican voters shrink but their leaders command. And still the death goes on! My countrymen, shall U never cease? Shall not the old flambe rescued, brought hack to its home, washed of Its stains and reunited to its cen-tury-old partner, the American Constitution? • • • • Why not treat the Filipinos with the civility of men? Why not offer to them the right hand of fellowship?. Why not add glory to glory and grant to them their hearts' desire? Do not leave them alone without affording help and protection No! That would be a crime to humanity! But to shoot them down like dogs and lay their dead bodies, their broken-hearted wives, their starved orphans at the feet of Republican "philanthropy”—Sirs, in the sight of God and men that Is a far greater crime! Never before did civilization ask so much of the American people. The awuful responsibility of leadership rests upon us. All eyes are looking this way. Shall we advance or shall we fall Into the old rut? Among the guests of the Editorial association was ex-Governor W. J. Stone of Missouri, who addressed the assembled editors upon national 18enes.

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